XenServer Virtual Machine Installation 4.1.0

XenServer Virtual

Machine Installation Guide

4.9.9. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 ..................................................................... 30

5. Updating VMs ............................................................................................................ 31

5.1. Updating Windows operating systems .............................................................. 31

5.2. Updating paravirtualized drivers for Windows VMs ............................................. 31

5.3. Updating Linux kernels and guest utilities ......................................................... 32

A. Creating ISO images ................................................................................................. 33

B. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server ..................................................................... 34

B.1. Copy installation media ................................................................................... 34

B.2. Enable remote access ..................................................................................... 34

B.2.1. NFS .................................................................................................... 34

B.2.2. FTP ..................................................................................................... 35

B.2.3. HTTP .................................................................................................. 35

C. Troubleshooting VM problems .................................................................................... 36

C.1. VM crashes .................................................................................................... 36

C.1.1. Linux VMs ........................................................................................... 36

C.1.2. Windows VMs ...................................................................................... 36

C.2. Troubleshooting boot problems on Linux VMs ................................................... 37

Index ............................................................................................................................. 38